San Antonio Relay Raises $69,000 For Cancer Society
 

According to Patti Richter, the relay drew participants from San Antonio, St. Leo, Wesley Chapel, Darby, St. Joe, Dade City, and Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club.

"We came together for one day but relay all year long," said Richter, who led the San Antonio Relay with co-chairwoman Terri Gude. "We will never give up the fight."

As a 15-year cancer survivor, Richter was pleased to see nearly 400 people in attendance.
She said that participants lit 1,000 luminaries in remembrance of those who lost their fight with cancer, and honored 70 survivors at an event brunch and a relay survivor walk.

"They fought the battle and won," she said. Robert Linville received the relay's Caregiver Award, for his support of his wife, Colleen, during her triumphant battle with cancer.

Other event highlights included a performance by Darby natives The Bellamy Brothers, and a Wall of Hope display.

In addition, participants enjoyed a Crazy Hat contest, and decorated their campsites according to the event's Cruisin' for a Cure theme. The relay's younger guests had their own activities, and, according to Richter, lent an extra dose of spirit and fun to the proceedings.

"The relay is about them," Richter said. "They're the future. "Richter said the honorary chairman was the unborn child of participants Mark and Theresa Anderson.

"We always give the honorary chairperson position to an unborn child, because the future of this relay is in the hands of young people," she said. "We won't give up until we can ensure that no one has to hear, 'I'm sorry. You have cancer.'"

For information about the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, visit www.cancer .org

THIS YEAR THE CLOWN KREWE HAD A MORE " LAID BACK"  APPROACH AT THE RACE. AFTER A WONDERFUL LUNCHEON, WE WERE ASK TO  LEAD THE SURVIVORS 1st LAP. IT WAS AN HONOR TO WALK.            SUGARBELLE AND KISMET  CONSTRUCTED A "CLOWN CAR"   TO USE IN THE FANTASY RACE FOR THE CURE. IT WAS A RIOT!    AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE PICTURES  THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON WAS SPENT IN ENJOYING EACH OTHER COMPANY.                         CLICK TO THE THUMBNAIL TO SEE ENLARGED PICTURES                        USE SIDE ARROWS TO SEE MORE  PIXS                     .

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